EP2445762A1 - Hybrid gas generator - Google Patents

Hybrid gas generator

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EP2445762A1
EP2445762A1 EP10791586A EP10791586A EP2445762A1 EP 2445762 A1 EP2445762 A1 EP 2445762A1 EP 10791586 A EP10791586 A EP 10791586A EP 10791586 A EP10791586 A EP 10791586A EP 2445762 A1 EP2445762 A1 EP 2445762A1
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gas
gas cylinder
guide ring
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Dong Wang
Jianmei He
Junjie Li
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BYD Co Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/20—Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/26—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow
    • B60R21/268—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow using instantaneous release of stored pressurised gas
    • B60R21/272—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow using instantaneous release of stored pressurised gas with means for increasing the pressure of the gas just before or during liberation, e.g. hybrid inflators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/26—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/26—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow
    • B60R21/268—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow using instantaneous release of stored pressurised gas
    • B60R21/274—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow using instantaneous release of stored pressurised gas characterised by means to rupture or open the fluid source
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/26—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow
    • B60R2021/26011—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow using a filter through which the inflation gas passes

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  • the present disclosure relates to a hybrid gas generator, more particularly to a hybrid gas generator for an automobile airbag.
  • the pyrotechnic gas generator is widely used, but it has its own disadvantage. For example, the gas production is not stable, the residues may pollute environment. Although the high pressure type gas cylinder gas generator has no residue pollution problem, the gas production speed is difficult to control.
  • the hybrid gas generator combines both the advantages of the pyrotechnic gas generator and the high pressure gas cylinder gas generator, such as a hybrid gas generator of the airbag which is used in an automobile for side impact protection, which is, for example, disclosed in a Chinese Patent with a serial number: CN2772902.
  • the gas generator may comprise a high pressure gas cylinder and a gas producing device.
  • the high pressure gas cylinder has an end connected with the gas producing device.
  • the gas producing device may comprise a pyrotechnic gas cylinder with two open ends, a powder producing chamber is provided inside the pyrotechnic gas cylinder.
  • the powder producing chamber has an end provided with an electric igniter and the other end provided formed with a conical neck.
  • the pyrotechnic gas cylinder has an open exhaust hole. And an arch-shaped bursting disc is provided at an end of the pyrotechnic
  • the conical neck of the powder producing chamber may regulate the gas releasing direction of the gas in the powder producing chamber, which is helpful to break the bursting disc. Because the conical neck may occupy space, the exhaust space is relatively small, and the gas can not be exhausted from the exhaust hole, which may affect a deploying speed of the airbag.
  • the present invention is directed to solve at least one of the problems existing in the prior art. Accordingly, a hybrid gas generator may need to be provided, which may overcome gas discharging difficulties in the art, i.e., to break the bursting disc therein quickly and exhaust gas more smoothly.
  • a hybrid gas generator comprising: a high pressure gas cylinder filled with high pressure gas which is formed with a discharging port at an open end thereof; a gas release actuating device comprising: a pyrotechnic gas cylinder with an open end hermetically connected with the discharging port; and an igniting assembly being provided at the other open end of the pyrotechnic gas cylinder for receiving signal to be trigged to ignite; and a bursting disc disposed in the discharging port to prevent the gas from being discharged.
  • the pyrotechnic gas cylinder may further comprise: a guide ring securely provided in the pyrotechnic gas cylinder to hermetically separate the space therein into a gas releasing chamber and a firing chamber; a piercing plug fitted with the guide ring which may faces toward the bursting disc to fly out of the guide ring for breaking the bursting disc when an inner pressure in the firing chamber may exceed a predetermined threshold.
  • the gas releasing chamber may be formed with at least a vent for releasing the gas stored in the high pressure gas cylinder, and the firing chamber may be filled with gas producing medium to produce gas for driving the piercing plug when the igniting assembly may be ignited.
  • Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view of a hybrid gas generator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • a hybrid gas generator may be provided.
  • the hybrid gas generator may comprise a high pressure gas cylinder 1 filled with high pressure gas which is formed with a discharging port 11 at an open end thereof; a gas release actuating device comprising: a pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 with an open end hermetically connected with the discharging port 11 ; and an igniting assembly 4 being provided at the other open end of the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 for receiving signal to be trigged to ignite; and a bursting disc 2 disposed in the discharging port 11 to prevent the gas from being discharged.
  • the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 may further comprise: a guide ring 5 securely provided in the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 to hermetically separate the space therein into a gas releasing chamber 311 and a firing chamber 312; a piercing plug 6 fitted with the guide ring 5 which may face toward the bursting disc 2 to fly out of the guide ring for breaking the bursting disc 2 when an inner pressure in the firing chamber 312 may exceed a predetermined threshold.
  • the gas releasing chamber 311 may be formed with at least a vent 313 for releasing the gas stored in the high pressure gas cylinder 1 , and the firing chamber 312 may be filled with gas producing medium to produce gas for driving the piercing plug 6 when the igniting assembly 4 may be ignited.
  • the hybrid gas generator may comprise a high pressure gas cylinder 1 and a gas release actuating device which is connected with the high pressure gas cylinder 1.
  • the discharging port 11 may be formed at an open end of the high pressure gas cylinder 1.
  • the bursting disc 2 may be fixedly provided in the discharging port 11.
  • the gas release actuating device may have two open ends.
  • the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 may comprise a firing chamber 312 and an gas releasing chamber 311 which may be separately formed by an external shell 31 of the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3, the gas releasing chamber 311 may be, for example, threadedly, connected with the discharging port 11 and one end of the firing chamber 312; the other end of the firing chamber 312 may be connected with the igniting assembly 4. At least a vent 313 may be formed on the external shell of the gas releasing chamber 311.
  • the guide ring 5 may be provided in the firing chamber 312 close to the gas releasing chamber 311 , and the piercing plug 6 facing toward the bursting disc 2 may be fitted in the guide ring ⁇ .
  • a predetermined threshold such as a fitting strength of the guide ring 5 with the piercing plug 6, the piercing plug 6 flies out of the guide ring 5 along the central axis of the guide ring 5 toward the bursting disc and break the bursting disc 2 accordingly.
  • the bursting disc 2 may have a convexed disc shape or arched disc shape with a convex side facing toward the gas releasing chamber 311. Alternatively, and the bursting disc 2 may be welded in the discharging port 11.
  • the strength of the bursting disc 2 may be predetermined as conditions may require, to ensure timely rupture of the bursting disc 2 by the piercing plug 6 under emergencies. In addition, the strength thereof has to be ensured to decrease the kinetic energy of the bursting disc 2 rapidly after being impacted by the piercing plug 6 so that the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may not be damaged.
  • a convexed bursting disc is preferable because the convexed bursting disc may be immediately broken after being impacted.
  • the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may have a gas charging port 12 and a charging port cover 13 on an end opposite to the discharging port 11.
  • High pressure gas may be pre-charged into the high pressure gas cylinder 1 after opening the charging port cover 13.
  • the high pressure gas may be inert gas with high pressure which may be determined based on actual conditions.
  • the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may be threadedly connected with the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3.
  • the discharging port 11 of the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may be formed with an external thread
  • the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 may be formed with an installation port 314 adapted to the discharging port 11.
  • the installation port 314 may be formed with an internal thread to be engaged with the external thread of the discharging port 11.
  • the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may be securely connected with the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 via the fitting of the external thread and the internal thread.
  • a filtering screen 7 may be provided in the gas releasing chamber 311. And gas through the discharging port 313 may be filtered by the filtering screen 7 accordingly.
  • the filtering screen 7 may filter the fragment of the bursting disc 2 and the residues generated from gas producing medium stored in the firing chamber 312.
  • there may be two discharging ports 313 which may be symmetrically formed on the shell 31.
  • the igniting assembly 4 may comprise an end cover 41 hermetically connected with the firing chamber 312, and an igniting tube 42 filled with ignition powder which may be projected inside the firing chamber 312.
  • the ignition powder may be filled in the igniting tube 42.
  • a triggering signal such as a sharp braking etc., may be transmitted to the igniting assembly 4 to ignite the ignition powder in the ignition tube 42 immediately so that the external shell of the igniting tube 42 may be pushed open to ignite the firing powder filled in the firing chamber 312.
  • the fitting strength of the igniting assembly 4 and the firing chamber 312 may be stronger than that of the piercing plug 6 with the guide ring 5.
  • the piercing plug 6 may be pushed by the gas in the firing chamber 312 to break the bursting disc 2 before the igniting assembly 4 is separated from the firing chamber 4. Thus, it is ensured that the piercing plug 6 normally flies out of the plug 6 from the guide ring 5 accordingly.
  • the guide ring 5 may have a cylindrical shape formed with an inner cylindrical hole.
  • the piercing plug 6 may comprise a wedged portion 61 and a cylindrical portion 62 connected with the wedged portion 61.
  • the wedged portion 61 may face toward the bursting disc 2, and the external surface of the cylindrical portion 62 may be tightly or hermetically mated or fitted with the inner cylindrical hole with a predetermined fitting strength.
  • the guide ring 5 may be fixedly mated with the inside wall of the firing chamber 312, thus forming a sealed space in the firing chamber 312 with the ignition powder being filled therein.
  • the fitting strength of the cylindrical portion 62 with the guide ring 5 may be smaller than that of the igniting assembly 4 with the firing chamber 312 to ensure that the plug 6 may fly out of the inner cylindrical hole of the guide ring 5 normally.
  • the hybrid gas generator may be applied in an area such as automobile, track etc for triggering the airbag equipped thereon.
  • the operation of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to accompanying Fig. 1.
  • the igniting assembly 4 of the hybrid gas generator may respond in a very short time after receiving the signal to rapidly ignite the ignition powder of the igniting assembly 4.
  • the burning ignition powder will ignite gas producing medium, such as gas production powder stored in the firing chamber 312 in a very rapid speed. Because the firing chamber 312 may be a sealed space formed by the shell of the pyrotechnic powder cylinder 3, the guide ring 5, the plug 6 and the igniting assembly 4, once the gas production powder burned therein, a large amount of gas with high pressure may be produced immediately to trigger rapid pressure arising inside the firing chamber 312.
  • the fitting strength of the igniting assembly 4 and the firing chamber 312 may be greater than that of the plug 6 with the guide ring 5, when the pressure inside the firing chamber 312 may reach the predetermined value, the plug 6 fitted in the guide ring 5 will straightly fly out of the guide ring 5 along the axis thereof. Because the plug 6 may face toward the bursting disc 2, the flying-out plug 6 will impact directly to the bursting disc 2 inside the discharging port 11 of the high pressure gas cylinder 1.
  • the strength of the bursting disc 2 may be predetermined as conditions may require, to ensure timely rupture of the bursting disc 2 by the piercing plug 6 under emergencies.
  • the strength thereof has to be ensured to decrease the kinetic energy of the bursting disc 2 rapidly after being impacted by the piercing plug 6 so that the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may not be damaged.
  • the plug 6 after impacting will be dropped inside the high pressure gas cylinder 1. Due to the break or rupture of the bursting disc 2, the inert gas with high pressure stored in the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may be discharged from the discharging port 11 , and may be mixed with the gas produced from the firing chamber 312. And the mixed gas may be filtered by the filtering screen 7 and may be further discharged out of the hybrid gas generator from the discharging hole 313. And then the airbag may be deployed rapidly.
  • the triggering mode of the high pressure gas cylinder is improved or enhanced, discarding the triggering mode of the gas generator by powder ignition.
  • the gas generator is triggered by a simple mechanical design of a piercing plug with a guide ring which ensure the triggering of the high pressure gas cylinder 1 and the rupture of the bursting disc.
  • the firing chamber in the hybrid gas generator according to an embodiment of the present invention may be hermetically sealed, and the power stored in the firing chamber may function to a maximum extent. Further, because discharging hole formed in the gas releasing chamber is totally free from any hindrance or blockage, the discharging of the gas from the gas releasing chamber becomes smoother.

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a hybrid gas generator, comprising: a high pressure gas cylinder (1), a gas release actuating device comprising a pyrotechnic gas cylinder (3) and an igniting assembly (4), and a bursting disc (2). The pyrotechnic gas cylinder (3) may further comprise: a guide ring (5) securely disposed in the pyrotechnic gas cylinder (3) to hermetically separate the space therein into a gas releasing chamber (311) and a firing chamber (312), a piercing plug (6) fitted with the guide ring (5), where the gas releasing chamber (311) is formed with at least a vent (313) for releasing the gas stored in the high pressure gas cylinder (1), and the firing chamber (4) may be provided with gas producing medium to produce gas for driving the piercing plug (6) when the igniting assembly (4) may be ignited.

Description

HYBRID GAS GENERATOR
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to, and benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 200920133399.5 filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of PR. China on June 26th, 2009, the invention of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
FIELD
The present disclosure relates to a hybrid gas generator, more particularly to a hybrid gas generator for an automobile airbag.
BACKGROUND
With fast development of automobile industry, people pay more attention to automobile safety issue, and people also pay more attention to the airbag which plays a key role in automobile safety performance. To improve the whole safety performance of the automobile, the performance requirement of the airbag is rising accordingly, and the performance requirement of the gas generator, which is a key component of the airbag, becomes stricter.
Currently, there are three types of gas generators, i.e., a pyrotechnic type, a high pressure gas cylinder type and a hybrid type. The pyrotechnic gas generator is widely used, but it has its own disadvantage. For example, the gas production is not stable, the residues may pollute environment. Although the high pressure type gas cylinder gas generator has no residue pollution problem, the gas production speed is difficult to control. The hybrid gas generator combines both the advantages of the pyrotechnic gas generator and the high pressure gas cylinder gas generator, such as a hybrid gas generator of the airbag which is used in an automobile for side impact protection, which is, for example, disclosed in a Chinese Patent with a serial number: CN2772902. As disclosed in this patent, the gas generator may comprise a high pressure gas cylinder and a gas producing device. The high pressure gas cylinder has an end connected with the gas producing device. The gas producing device may comprise a pyrotechnic gas cylinder with two open ends, a powder producing chamber is provided inside the pyrotechnic gas cylinder. The powder producing chamber has an end provided with an electric igniter and the other end provided formed with a conical neck. The pyrotechnic gas cylinder has an open exhaust hole. And an arch-shaped bursting disc is provided at an end of the pyrotechnic
l gas cylinder. The conical neck of the powder producing chamber may regulate the gas releasing direction of the gas in the powder producing chamber, which is helpful to break the bursting disc. Because the conical neck may occupy space, the exhaust space is relatively small, and the gas can not be exhausted from the exhaust hole, which may affect a deploying speed of the airbag.
SUMMARY
In viewing thereof, the present invention is directed to solve at least one of the problems existing in the prior art. Accordingly, a hybrid gas generator may need to be provided, which may overcome gas discharging difficulties in the art, i.e., to break the bursting disc therein quickly and exhaust gas more smoothly.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a hybrid gas generator may be provided, comprising: a high pressure gas cylinder filled with high pressure gas which is formed with a discharging port at an open end thereof; a gas release actuating device comprising: a pyrotechnic gas cylinder with an open end hermetically connected with the discharging port; and an igniting assembly being provided at the other open end of the pyrotechnic gas cylinder for receiving signal to be trigged to ignite; and a bursting disc disposed in the discharging port to prevent the gas from being discharged. The pyrotechnic gas cylinder may further comprise: a guide ring securely provided in the pyrotechnic gas cylinder to hermetically separate the space therein into a gas releasing chamber and a firing chamber; a piercing plug fitted with the guide ring which may faces toward the bursting disc to fly out of the guide ring for breaking the bursting disc when an inner pressure in the firing chamber may exceed a predetermined threshold. The gas releasing chamber may be formed with at least a vent for releasing the gas stored in the high pressure gas cylinder, and the firing chamber may be filled with gas producing medium to produce gas for driving the piercing plug when the igniting assembly may be ignited.
According to the present invention, due to the fitting of the guide ring with the piercing plug to break the bursting disc under emergency rather than by the conical neck, additional space may be saved. In addition, after quick rupture of the bursting disc by the piercing plug, the gas produced therein may be exhausted or discharged more smoothly so that the airbag may be deployed rapidly. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
These and other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view of a hybrid gas generator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE DISCLOSURE
Reference will be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention. The embodiments described herein with reference to drawings are explanatory, illustrative, and used to generally understand the present invention. The embodiments shall not be construed to limit the present invention. The same or similar elements and the elements having same or similar functions are denoted by like reference numerals throughout the descriptions.
According to an embodiment of the invention, a hybrid gas generator may be provided. The hybrid gas generator may comprise a high pressure gas cylinder 1 filled with high pressure gas which is formed with a discharging port 11 at an open end thereof; a gas release actuating device comprising: a pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 with an open end hermetically connected with the discharging port 11 ; and an igniting assembly 4 being provided at the other open end of the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 for receiving signal to be trigged to ignite; and a bursting disc 2 disposed in the discharging port 11 to prevent the gas from being discharged. The pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 may further comprise: a guide ring 5 securely provided in the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 to hermetically separate the space therein into a gas releasing chamber 311 and a firing chamber 312; a piercing plug 6 fitted with the guide ring 5 which may face toward the bursting disc 2 to fly out of the guide ring for breaking the bursting disc 2 when an inner pressure in the firing chamber 312 may exceed a predetermined threshold. The gas releasing chamber 311 may be formed with at least a vent 313 for releasing the gas stored in the high pressure gas cylinder 1 , and the firing chamber 312 may be filled with gas producing medium to produce gas for driving the piercing plug 6 when the igniting assembly 4 may be ignited.
In the following, the hybrid gas generator will be described in detail with reference to accompanying Fig. 1.
As shown in Fig. 1 , the hybrid gas generator may comprise a high pressure gas cylinder 1 and a gas release actuating device which is connected with the high pressure gas cylinder 1. The discharging port 11 may be formed at an open end of the high pressure gas cylinder 1. The bursting disc 2 may be fixedly provided in the discharging port 11. The gas release actuating device may have two open ends. The pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 may comprise a firing chamber 312 and an gas releasing chamber 311 which may be separately formed by an external shell 31 of the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3, the gas releasing chamber 311 may be, for example, threadedly, connected with the discharging port 11 and one end of the firing chamber 312; the other end of the firing chamber 312 may be connected with the igniting assembly 4. At least a vent 313 may be formed on the external shell of the gas releasing chamber 311. Further, the guide ring 5 may be provided in the firing chamber 312 close to the gas releasing chamber 311 , and the piercing plug 6 facing toward the bursting disc 2 may be fitted in the guide ring δ.When the pressure inside the firing chamber 312 exceeds a predetermined threshold, such as a fitting strength of the guide ring 5 with the piercing plug 6, the piercing plug 6 flies out of the guide ring 5 along the central axis of the guide ring 5 toward the bursting disc and break the bursting disc 2 accordingly.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the bursting disc 2 may have a convexed disc shape or arched disc shape with a convex side facing toward the gas releasing chamber 311. Alternatively, and the bursting disc 2 may be welded in the discharging port 11. The strength of the bursting disc 2 may be predetermined as conditions may require, to ensure timely rupture of the bursting disc 2 by the piercing plug 6 under emergencies. In addition, the strength thereof has to be ensured to decrease the kinetic energy of the bursting disc 2 rapidly after being impacted by the piercing plug 6 so that the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may not be damaged. According to an embodiment of the invention, a convexed bursting disc is preferable because the convexed bursting disc may be immediately broken after being impacted. The high pressure gas cylinder 1 may have a gas charging port 12 and a charging port cover 13 on an end opposite to the discharging port 11. High pressure gas may be pre-charged into the high pressure gas cylinder 1 after opening the charging port cover 13. Generally, for safety consideration, the high pressure gas may be inert gas with high pressure which may be determined based on actual conditions. According to an embodiment of the invention, the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may be threadedly connected with the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3. To be specific, the discharging port 11 of the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may be formed with an external thread, and the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 may be formed with an installation port 314 adapted to the discharging port 11. And the installation port 314 may be formed with an internal thread to be engaged with the external thread of the discharging port 11. The high pressure gas cylinder 1 may be securely connected with the pyrotechnic gas cylinder 3 via the fitting of the external thread and the internal thread.
According to an embodiment of the invention, a filtering screen 7 may be provided in the gas releasing chamber 311. And gas through the discharging port 313 may be filtered by the filtering screen 7 accordingly. The filtering screen 7 may filter the fragment of the bursting disc 2 and the residues generated from gas producing medium stored in the firing chamber 312. As shown in Fig. 1 , according to an embodiment of the invention, there may be two discharging ports 313 which may be symmetrically formed on the shell 31.
The igniting assembly 4 may comprise an end cover 41 hermetically connected with the firing chamber 312, and an igniting tube 42 filled with ignition powder which may be projected inside the firing chamber 312. The ignition powder may be filled in the igniting tube 42. A triggering signal, such as a sharp braking etc., may be transmitted to the igniting assembly 4 to ignite the ignition powder in the ignition tube 42 immediately so that the external shell of the igniting tube 42 may be pushed open to ignite the firing powder filled in the firing chamber 312. The fitting strength of the igniting assembly 4 and the firing chamber 312 may be stronger than that of the piercing plug 6 with the guide ring 5. Thus, the piercing plug 6 may be pushed by the gas in the firing chamber 312 to break the bursting disc 2 before the igniting assembly 4 is separated from the firing chamber 4. Thus, it is ensured that the piercing plug 6 normally flies out of the plug 6 from the guide ring 5 accordingly.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the guide ring 5 may have a cylindrical shape formed with an inner cylindrical hole. The piercing plug 6 may comprise a wedged portion 61 and a cylindrical portion 62 connected with the wedged portion 61. The wedged portion 61 may face toward the bursting disc 2, and the external surface of the cylindrical portion 62 may be tightly or hermetically mated or fitted with the inner cylindrical hole with a predetermined fitting strength. The guide ring 5 may be fixedly mated with the inside wall of the firing chamber 312, thus forming a sealed space in the firing chamber 312 with the ignition powder being filled therein. The fitting strength of the cylindrical portion 62 with the guide ring 5 may be smaller than that of the igniting assembly 4 with the firing chamber 312 to ensure that the plug 6 may fly out of the inner cylindrical hole of the guide ring 5 normally.
It should be noted that the hybrid gas generator may be applied in an area such as automobile, track etc for triggering the airbag equipped thereon. In the following, the operation of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to accompanying Fig. 1.
When a vehicle may enter into an emergent situation and airbags equipped thereon are about to be deployed, the igniting assembly 4 of the hybrid gas generator may respond in a very short time after receiving the signal to rapidly ignite the ignition powder of the igniting assembly 4. The burning ignition powder will ignite gas producing medium, such as gas production powder stored in the firing chamber 312 in a very rapid speed. Because the firing chamber 312 may be a sealed space formed by the shell of the pyrotechnic powder cylinder 3, the guide ring 5, the plug 6 and the igniting assembly 4, once the gas production powder burned therein, a large amount of gas with high pressure may be produced immediately to trigger rapid pressure arising inside the firing chamber 312. At the meantime, because the fitting strength of the igniting assembly 4 and the firing chamber 312 may be greater than that of the plug 6 with the guide ring 5, when the pressure inside the firing chamber 312 may reach the predetermined value, the plug 6 fitted in the guide ring 5 will straightly fly out of the guide ring 5 along the axis thereof. Because the plug 6 may face toward the bursting disc 2, the flying-out plug 6 will impact directly to the bursting disc 2 inside the discharging port 11 of the high pressure gas cylinder 1. The strength of the bursting disc 2 may be predetermined as conditions may require, to ensure timely rupture of the bursting disc 2 by the piercing plug 6 under emergencies. In addition, the strength thereof has to be ensured to decrease the kinetic energy of the bursting disc 2 rapidly after being impacted by the piercing plug 6 so that the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may not be damaged. The plug 6 after impacting will be dropped inside the high pressure gas cylinder 1. Due to the break or rupture of the bursting disc 2, the inert gas with high pressure stored in the high pressure gas cylinder 1 may be discharged from the discharging port 11 , and may be mixed with the gas produced from the firing chamber 312. And the mixed gas may be filtered by the filtering screen 7 and may be further discharged out of the hybrid gas generator from the discharging hole 313. And then the airbag may be deployed rapidly.
According to the present invention, the triggering mode of the high pressure gas cylinder is improved or enhanced, discarding the triggering mode of the gas generator by powder ignition. In the present invention, the gas generator is triggered by a simple mechanical design of a piercing plug with a guide ring which ensure the triggering of the high pressure gas cylinder 1 and the rupture of the bursting disc. In addition, the firing chamber in the hybrid gas generator according to an embodiment of the present invention may be hermetically sealed, and the power stored in the firing chamber may function to a maximum extent. Further, because discharging hole formed in the gas releasing chamber is totally free from any hindrance or blockage, the discharging of the gas from the gas releasing chamber becomes smoother.
Although explanatory embodiments have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, alternatives, and modifications can be made in the embodiments without departing from spirit and principles of the invention. Such changes, alternatives, and modifications all fall into the scope of the claims and their equivalents.

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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A hybrid gas generator, comprising: a high pressure gas cylinder filled with high pressure gas which is formed with a discharging port at an open end thereof; a gas release actuating device comprising: a pyrotechnic gas cylinder with an open end hermetically connected with the discharging port; and an igniting assembly being provided at the other open end of the pyrotechnic gas cylinder for receiving signal to be trigged to ignite; a bursting disc disposed in the discharging port to prevent the gas from being discharged; wherein the pyrotechnic gas cylinder further comprises: a guide ring securely provided in the pyrotechnic gas cylinder to hermetically separate the space therein into a gas releasing chamber and a firing chamber; a piercing plug fitted with the guide ring which faces toward the bursting disc to fly out of the guide ring for breaking the bursting disc when an inner pressure in the firing chamber exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein the gas releasing chamber is formed with at least a vent for releasing the gas stored in the high pressure gas cylinder, and the firing chamber is filled with gas producing medium to produce gas for driving the piercing plug when the igniting assembly is ignited.
2. The hybrid gas generator according to claim 1 , further comprising a filtering screen provided inside the gas releasing chamber to cover the vent.
3. The hybrid gas generator according to claim 1 , wherein the igniting assembly comprises: an end cover hermetically connected with the firing chamber; and an igniting tube filled with ignition powder which is projected inside the firing chamber.
4. The hybrid gas generator according to claim 3, wherein the guide ring has a cylindrical shape having an inner cylindrical hole, and the piecing plug has a wedged portion and a cylindrical portion connected with the wedged portion with the wedged portion facing toward the bursting disc, and the guide ring and the mated piecing plug are secured in the firing chamber to form a hermetic space.
5. The hybrid gas generator according to claim 1 , wherein the bursting disc has a convexed disc shape with a convex side facing toward the gas releasing chamber, and the bursting disc is welded in the discharging port.
6. The hybrid gas generator according to claim 4, wherein the igniting assembly has a fitting strength with the pyrotechnic gas cylinder larger than that of the piercing plug with the guide ring.
7. The hybrid gas generator according to claim 1 , wherein the pyrotechnic gas cylinder is threadedly connected with the discharging port.
8. The hybrid gas generator according to claim 1 , wherein the strength of the bursting disc is configured to be broken by the piercing plug and further configured to prevent from breaking the high pressure gas cylinder after being impacted by the piercing plug.
9. A vehicle comprising the hybrid gas generator according to claim 1.
10. A hybrid gas generator comprising: a high pressure gas cylinder; a gas release actuating device connected with the high pressure gas cylinder, comprising a pyrotechnic gas cylinder with open ends and an igniting assembly; an discharging port formed at an end of the high pressure gas cylinder which is connected with the gas release actuating device; and a bursting disc provided in the discharging port; wherein the pyrotechnic gas cylinder comprises a firing chamber and a gas releasing chamber hermetically separated by a guide ring having an inner hole; the gas releasing chamber is connected with the discharging port and an end of the firing chamber respectively; the other end of the firing chamber is connected with the igniting assembly; at least an exhaust hole is formed on the gas releasing chamber; a piercing plug facing the bursting disc is fitted in the guide ring, and when the pressure inside the firing chamber exceeds the fitting strength of the guide ring with the plug, the plug flies out of the guide ring along the central axis of the guide ring and breaks the bursting disc.
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